Holder for cable rings



Nov. 9, 1937. F. E. JACKSON 2,098,420

' HOLDER FOR CABLE RINGS Original Filed June 21, 1930 Deceased V 7M/YCZredZZ di /r fldm/h/Isfrafr/k 5/ m @W (BMW Patented Nov. 9 i937barren srnrss PATENT OFFECE Calif., by Mildred E.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Jackson, administratrix,

Refiled for abandoned application Serial No.

462,915, June 21, 1930.

This application April 5, 1937, Serial No. 135,180

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in means for holding split ringshaving hook terminals or the like so as to conveniently support groupsof these rings in nested relation.

In outdoor cable construction practice the linemen and other operatorsfind it part of their duties, in the course of aerial cableconstruction, to place cable rings on suspension. This work calls forthe operator being seated in midair upon a trolley and adjacent to himand within easy reach there is, at present, located either a bag or loopof wire in or upon which are promiscuous ly and loosely placed the cablerings to be hung. The shape of each cable ring is such, however, thatone arm is deflected laterally and crookedly out of alignment with theother arm thereof, and formed at the free end of each arm of each cableri g is an integral hook-shaped terminal. As a result of the bunching ofcable rings in disorder in the basket, bag or as strung upon the wireloop, the cable rings easily become entangled so that the deflected orcrooked portions of some rings interlock with similar parts of adjacentrings, or the hook terminals become connected 2 With varying parts ofdifferent cable rings and a large number of rings cannot be instantlyseparated or extricated from entanglement. Added to this source ofdifficulty for the operator is the circumstance that he is seated on asuspended 0 seat in mid air and needs to have his hands free forattaching the rings, and in the act of trying to separate entangledrings many are dropped and not recovered, which causes the companyhiring the operator pecuniary loss. The loss of time needed for purelyring extricating purposes is material and results in the. operatordevoting himself to non-essential tasks.

The present invention aims to eliminate the above disadvantages andobjections, to provide 40 a means of supporting a group of cable ringsin midair that avoids and prevents the cable rings becoming entangledwith others, so that the operator can quickly remove one ring at a timewhen and Where needed.

A further object of this invention is to provide a simple, eificient andinexpensive device serving the two-fold purpose of providing aconvenient holder for the cable rings as a group Whilst same are beingshipped, and serving to conveniently suspend groups of these rings inthe air so as to be readily accessible to the aerially seated Workman.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a sheet metalbody so constructed and shaped as to provide a longitudinally extendingtrack having a hook-shaped or U-shaped channel in cross-section andbeing open at its lower plane so that the hook terminals of the cablerings or of similar members may be introduced endwise' into the body andslid along therein into nested relation so that the rings may besuspended from the body in readily and rapidly removable manner.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a body hollowedout to provide an internal elongated chamber open at its lower part andshaped like a hook in cross section enabling the hook terminals of cablerings to be removably seated in said chamber, so that one by one thevarious cablerings may he slid into position in the body and made tocontact, if necessary, the next adjacent ring, so that a group of ringsmay be suspended along the efiective length of the device, and so thatany one of these rings may readily be removed or slid out of the body.

With the above and other objects in view this invention consists in thecombination, arrangement and details of construction disclosed in thedrawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawing, which is merely illustrative of this invention, and inwhich similar reference characters designate similar parts throughoutthe respective views,

Figure 1 is a View in rear elevation of the dev1ce;

Figure 2 is a fragmental perspective view thereof;

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof showing the imperforate side;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the holder showing a group of cablerings arranged and suspended therefrom innested relation;

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a cable ring showing one of its hookedterminals seated in the holder and suspended therefrom;

Figure 6 is an end elevation, partly in section, showing a clamp forsupporting the invention aerially; and I Figure '7 is a perspective viewof an aerialtrolley seat showing the invention with suspended cablerings mounted thereadjacent.

In carrying out the details of this invention there is provided a bodyof appreciable length and of substantially hook shape or U-shape incross-section, as shown in Figure 2. This body will be hollowed outinternally for the purpose of providing a channel or track for the hookterminals of the usual cable ring, and this body will be closed exceptat its longitudinal lower area.

It is preferable totake a sheet metal blank and fold one part thereofover another part so as to double one part over the main part. This willprovide two parallel or nearly parallel walls which will both be foldedtogether at the same time to give to the holder its ultimate shape andform.

Where the two parts of the sheetmetal blank are folded a curved bightportion I2 extends longitudinally of the device as at I2 and connectsthe fiat parallel portions ID and II, providing therebetween arectilinear channel or seat I8. The wall portions I and II then curvearound arcuately as at I3 and I5 in a concentric manner so as to connectthis channel I8 with an entrance-passageway for introducing the hookterminals of the cable rings. The wall portion -I3 will be returned soas to incline downwardly towards the bight portion I2 terminating in thelip I4. The other curved wall portion I5 curves downwardly and inreturned order and formation being spaced apart from portion I4, and isprovided with the terminal lip I 6 which is disposed with reference tothe wall portions II], II at a more obtuse angle than that of portionI4. I9 designates the entrance mouth of throat of the holder. I'Idesignates the recess between the exterior faces of walls Ill and I4respectively.

The holder as thus constructed provides a hookshaped track from end toend of the device, and the end wall I2 closes the holder only atone end,the other end, as shown in Figure 2 being open, and the bottom of theholder is also longitudinally open as will readily be seen. In thegrooved out interior of this holder the hook terminal of each cable ringis designed to travel to its allotted place in a group of rings to besuspended upon the track. v

The formation and shape of the-cable ring proper is that of a split ringof horse-shoe shape and contour as shown in Figure 5.

It will be seen that the opposing curved arms A and B of the cable ringare connected by the bight portion or bend G, and that there is formedat the free end of arm A a hook terminal or bill D and its U-bend C,these parts being disposed at an angle to the arm A. The free end of thearm B of this split ring has its terminal F bent around at a lateraloffset from the bend E. From Figure 4 it will be observed that the arm-Ais deflected laterally from the arm B and that the inner portion I ofarm A curves outwardly in one direction while the inner portion ofthe'arm B slopes or curves in an opposite direction to the bend I andagain is offset as at H, so; that various parts of the cable ring arenot in the same general plane.

The hook terminal or bend C of each slit cable ring can be introducedendwise into the holder while the bill D thereof slides upon the flatwall III thereof, and the bend C is accommodated in the arcuate spacebetween the walls I3 and I5, the hump P of the shank of the ringclearing the open passage-way I9 of this holder. The proper position ofthe holder in midair where same is to be drawn from-to supply theoperator with cable rings is'shown in Figure 4 and in Figure 5. 'Inorder to secure the holder upon the cable R, which also supports thetrolley seat 3I, by hooks 33 and yokes 32, a clamp consisting of thehanger 20 is used, whose hook 2I engages the wire or cable R aerially;this hanger having a slot 22 in which works the boss 24 of a movablelever 26, the boss being pivoted on a pin 25 passing through an ear 23on the hanger. The upper end of this lever has the handle 33, and thelower end is properly curved to provide a hooked jaw 21 to engage oneside of the holder, and the lower end of hanger 20 is also formed withan integral hook jaw engaging an opposite side of the holder. Acontractile spring 3I interposed operatively between hanger and levernormally holds jaws 21, 28 in hooked supporting relation upon theholder, and when the handle 33 is taken hold of and moved inwardlyagainst the tension of spring 3|, jaw 21 may be swung out of supportingengagement with the holder and the clamp may thus be released.

It will be understood that the operator seated on the bench 3i will pullthe trolley and hanger along as he draws the trolley and line Sforwardly to shift his position with respect to cable R. Any ring can beremoved by the operator taking hold of same and pulling its hook out ofthe track of the holder. The way the group of rings are shown nested inFigure 4 they cannot become entangled since similar parts engage similarparts of adjacent rings.

This application is to take the place of an application of Francis E.Jackson, filed June 21, 1930, Serial No. 462,915, which inadvertentlybecame abandoned.

What is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. A holder for hooked end cable rings, comprising an elongated sheetfolded longitudinally upon itself to provide two spaced apart walls, andhaving both walls bent in a hook-shaped formation approximating theconfiguration of the hooked ends of the cable rings, said holder beingopen at an end for insertion and removal of the hooked ends of the cablerings.

2. A holder for cable rings of the type having a body of generallyU-shaped configuration formed at an end with a cable hook, said holdercomprising an elongated double walled body of generally U-shapedconfiguration in section, provided between the walls with a seat for thering hooks and having between the free edges of the body a longitudinalslot for projection of the ring bodies, and at an end an opening forreception and withdrawal of said rings.

3. A holder for cable rings of the type having a body of generallyU-shaped configuration formed at an end with a cable hook, said holdercomprising an elongated double walled body of generally U-shapedconfiguration in section, provided between the walls with a seat for thering hooks and having between the free edges of the body a longitudinalslot for projection of the ring bodies, one end of said holder beingprovided with an opening for reception and withdrawal of said rings, andthe other end being closed for retention of the rings within the holder.

MILDRED E. JACKSON, Administratriw of the Estate of Francis E.

Jackson, Deceased.

